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Nov
FedEx suspends money-back guarantees on U.S. holiday air deliveries
Effective Nov. 1, FedEx will suspend the guarantee on nine air services, with three being international flights to and from the U.S., according to a post on its website. The guarantees will be restored on Jan. 16, FedEx said. This coincides […]
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27
Sep
Why are supply chains so messed up?
This is the question that I am asked on a daily basis. The issue is very complex, so I usually quip with a surprising response, “They’ve always had issues, but no one was really paying attention.” Turns out, unless the person works […]
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27
Sep
Transpacific spot rates ease ahead of China’s Golden Week
There were signs of a silver lining finally beginning to appear for beleaguered US shippers this week, after the spot container freight rates to both the west and east coast showed a second week of declines on the Freightos Baltic […]
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24
Sep
Yellow and Werner agree: Trailers are today’s biggest issue in trucking
Trailer availability is the trucking industry’s biggest challenge over the next several quarters, transport CEOs said at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Edge 2021 conference in Atlanta Monday. It’s yet another hurdle for the trucking industry that’s already […]
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22
Sep
Air freight rates ex-Asia rise to new highs
The latest figures from the Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI) sees average spot rates on PVG to North America rising a further 4% this week to US$11.43 per kilo, up from last week’s already exceptionally high level of $10.98, while […]
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17
Sep
Record shattered: 65 container ships stuck waiting off California
The number of container ships at anchor or drifting in San Pedro Bay off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has now blown through all previous records and is rising by the day. There were an all-time-high 65 […]
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07
Sep
Maritime booking surge suggests capacity could get tighter this fall
Chart of the Week: Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index, Outbound Tender Volume Index – USA SONAR: IOTI.USA, OTVI.USA Maritime bookings represented by the Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index (IOTI) show a 40% increase over the past two weeks, the strongest spike in […]
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30
Aug
Ida’s impact: Latest supply chain updates
1:42 p.m. ET: Port of Mobile update Terminal gates at the Port of Mobile, in Alabama, are closed Monday with operations expected to resume Tuesday. Maersk Line reported no impact to its vessels or cargo. 1:05 p.m. ET: Widespread road […]
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26
Aug
Stealing your own freight: O’Hare cargo delays force drastic measures
Logistics company sends in rescue teams, buys off warehouse personnel to retrieve shipments Desperate logistics service providers in Chicago are resorting to a number of new tactics, including bribery and undercover extraction missions, to avoid worsening congestion that is trapping […]
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20
Aug
Viewpoint: 2021 is the year of the freight service embargo
FedEx Freight caught a lot of flak when it suspended service to hundreds of accounts without notice in June, leaving shipments stranded and customers scrambling to find alternative transport in an extremely tight market. The less-than-truckload carrier aimed the embargo […]
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